Despite the RCMP protection provided, and history of activism with Babbar Khalsa, Bagga did not testify in the 2004/2005 Air India bombing trial..

Babbar Khalsa was suspected of involvement in the Air India bombings, and two of its members, Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Malik were charged and put on trial. They were cleared largely due to the lack of credible witnesses.

Tara Singh Hayer, a vocal critic of the Babbar Khalsa who had been on the Air India witness list, identified Bagga as a source of disputed information in several of his stories at the time. When Bagga denied the allegations, Hayer put taperecorded copies of the interviews on sale in Punjabi stores. In August 1988, Bagga's 17-year old son shot and paralyzed Hayer at his newspaper...Read More